AI Governance Analyst 1

Job description

The Opportunity Datadog is hiring a Governance Analyst to focus on the unique challenges of AI Orchestration. This role requires a blend of technical acumen, policy understanding, and process design skills to ensure AI systems operate within lawful and policy-compliant boundaries by design . This person will be instrumental in moving the governance model from process review to continuous, embedded constraint. About the Team: The small, high-impact Applied Privacy & Governance team connects engineering, legal, and product development teams to scale governance, embed security, privacy, and AI safety, and ensure compliance. The rise of AI agents is shifting the team into an "orchestration era," making governance a foundational architecture, not just a gate review. The successful candidate will be a hands-on analyst who: Translates regulatory and policy requirements into actionable governance frameworks for AI orchestration systems. Designs and implements process guardrails and controls upstream —within AI orchestration prompts, system architecture, and LLM pipeline design—to ensure continuous governance. Partners with engineering and legal teams to define, monitor, and audit the behav...